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What is Oakley X-Metal?

Oakley X-Metal is a special titanium alloy frame sunglasses which is created by Oakley since 1997. The series have many different models which listed below. Each model also has a different color finish such as: X-Metal, Plasma, Polished and Carbon. Every parts of the same model can be used interchangeably.

History of Oakley X-Metal

1997 ROMEO 1.0

1998 MARS

1999 JULIET

1999 X-METAL XX

2001 PENNY

2004 ROMEO 2.0

2008 HALF-X

2009 X-SQUARED

Unfortunately, since 2012 Oakley stopped production of the X-Metal series, so most frames on the market are second hands.

Oakley X-Metal Models and Frames finish (frame color )

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ROMOEO 1.0

ROMEO1 has a spacial shape because ( it is connected by 2 joints.) This model is quite famous because it was worn by Tom Cruise in the famous Hollywood movie, Mission Imossible and also it was a favorite model of basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Romeo 1 MJ (Michael Jordan) model is limited and it has only 4 digit serial number (most X-Metal frame has 6 digits serial).

JULIET

Most JULIET models are a straight ear stem. Only POLISHED JULIET has a hammer stem. It is worn by Eric・Bana in the movie「Black Hawk Down」It is also famous because baseball super star ICHIRO wear it during his games, and JULIET ICHIRO has a special serial number.

ROMEO 2.0

ROMEO 2.0 was released in 2004. It has a totally different design to ROMEO 1.0. ROMEO 2.0 has a half-rim for the orbital, thus it is very light weight. You would feel comfortable using it for a long time.

X-SQUARED

X-SQUARED was released in 2009 after Oakley was taken over by Luxottica. It has a different nosebridge without the nosebridge pin while using a nose screw. Therefore it is very easy to tune up. The rubber ear socks is short (55mm) than other X-metal earsock (60mm).